1 KINGS 10:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.”
"And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides what he gave her by his royal bounty. Then she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants." — Solomon's *reciprocal gift*: he *gives her all she desired* (*et-kol-chiftzeha asher sha'alat*), *beyond what he had given by royal bounty* (*al kol-asher natan lah ke-yad ha-melekh*). The *exchange of gifts* seals the *diplomatic relationship*. The *Queen returns home*, presumably *with established trade routes and political alliance*.
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